The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-24

which sprained his foot and bruised him gener-
ally, did not rouse him from his sound sleep,
FIFTEEN OFFICERS of the garrison of Gran, in
Hungary, were recently obliged to fight duels
with as many civilians of the town in the course
of one week. Two of them were killed and most
of the other fellows were badly wounded. This
very large and high-tonded row was all about
one lady.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, now claims to be the only
genuine Simon-pure railroad centre in the United
States 1t has also adopted as its nom de plume
the high-sounding title, THE Queen City of the
Missouri Valley and the Gateway to the New
West" And of course, like every other West
ern city, 1t has the biggest boom in creation.
In the most recherche circles of Zanzibar the
ladies wear gold dollars ON rings inserted in
their noses, and the more gold dollars a woman
wears the more exclusive she considers herself
A woman who can string twenty-five or thirty
gold dollars on her nose ring is acknowledged to
be an aristocrat from away back, and can snub
her less favored sisters with IMMUNITY.
AT Jersey City one Sunday evening, as
woman who was returning from church stepped
on thetop of her stoop, the stoop gave way and
she fell into the area. Her son-in-law went to
her aid and fell into the hole on top of her His
cousin started with similar purpose and met
with similar accident; The two men escaped
with few scratches, but the woman was seri-
ously injured.
TIE Milwaukee Museum possesses q valuable
collection of American birds eggs. The eggs
were gathered by B. f. Goss, of Pewaukee who
spent years of travel in the task Mr. Goss
worked on a luxurious system. He shot the
birds himself and had his assistant climb the
trees. Ia this way he made collection worth
$4,000. Some of the best sets of eggs vary from
$50 TO $50 in value.
IT is told of a young man who had been hang
ing around Washington trying to get 81, 200
cierliship till his money was all gone, that he
received an offer of $50 a month to go to Biz
mingbam, Ala, as tally clerk A friend loaned
him 500 to pay his board bill and get out of
town with, and he went. In few days his
boss at Birmingham loaned him money to
buy lot of land with, and a week later he sold
1t for upward of $1,000 advance.
Mr.. WEBSTER was dining one day at Col. Sea-
toms, at the commencement of a session. when
the conversation turned upon the number of
new members in the House of Representatives.
Were called upon to address these neophytes, ~
said MIR. Webster, Il should quote the remark
with which Abernethy startled a new class of
students at the commencement of term bv
vehemently exclaiming: Good God, young gen
tlemen, what will become of you air"
MANY of the towns in the great Western land
are curious and sound strange to old country
ears. Here are few: A. B. c., Axle, Accident,
Beef Hide, Big Bug, Big Fool, Braggadocia,
Chicory Coffee, Cow Boy, Grab Tree, Dammit,
Dirt Town, Door Way Frozen Creek, Good
Land, Good Night Good Luck Gunpowder,
Hatton, Hat of, High Up, Hobbie, Ingenook,
Mad Indian, Matrimony, Nine Times, Number
! One, Obligation, Our Carter, OF, Pats Store
Patta GumpuS, Plevna Several, Quiz Quod,
Rabbit Hash, Rat, U Bet (You Bet).
In Mexican hotels the ''chambermad, ~ who
is usually man, does the work about this way:
He takes possession of the key, unlocks the
door and disappears. After awhile he comes
ho0 turn fba haJo i
| The next time he comes in he partially COM
| pleteS the bed-making, but leaves in a great
| hurry, as if he had suddenly remembered some
thing. After the sixth visit the Mexican retiros
| with his dust brush, and it is pretty safe TO
| wager he will only come back once more. and
| that to bring clean towel. After he has done
| this for an hour or two, he is SO worn out that
| he spends the rest of the day in taking sesta.
| A NEW ground for suit against railway com
| pany has just been established in France A
| painter named Board while travelling on the
| Paris-Lyons road was attacked by robber and
| seriously wounded. He sued and got damages.
| the company being held responsible because
the construction of the cars did not afford sniff
| clent protection. The judges decided that there
| was genuine contract between the passenger
| and the company, the ticket constituting the
written instrument, and that the railroad peo-
| pie were bound by it, not only to bring the man
10 his destination but also to afford him protec-
| ton during his journey; and they refused to
| entertain the question that the company were
oblged 10 conform TO the rules of the admins
| tration in regard to the model of the cars
ENGLAND is doubtless the centre of civilization
at least according to English ideas-and Eng
| lishmen are wont to speak with much scorn of
| the bull-fighting Of Spain and the cock fighting
| of the United States. Yet England toierateS
| dog fights. Ten days ago one of these disgust
| ing matches was fought at Cardiff, the contest
| ants being a pair of rival bull terriers which
| had been victorious in many a battle After
| twenty minutes one of the dogs was in a diving
condition, but his frantic hackers insisted upon
having him driven into final bout The poor,
mutlated beast had no fight left in him, and re-
| fused TO face the other dog. The angry owner
| whipped out his jack-knife, cut the animals
throat from ear to ear and flung the carcass into
a ditch, No arrests were made and the shock
ing scene was described in the local and London
press.
The strange manifestations of ghostly spirits
in Shelby county, Mimi, have excited the good
| farmers living there and one of the wealthiest
of them, Lorenzo Powell is preparing to aban-
don his home because of the disturbances.
something over year ago his daughter to
please her father, married a man she despsed
while the lover TO whom she had given her heart
was forbidden the house. Recently she died in
childbirth, and ever since the sound of shrieks
and groans has proceeded by night from the
room which she occupied, and at times the
spirit of the young woman has come to the bed
side of the old farmer and with heart -rendinp
sobs upbraided him for his hard hearted ohst,99
macy. Powell's wife left the house some time
ago, and he himself, unable to endure the strain
any longer is getting ready to seek relief in a
new home
CUBAN HOTEL is a curiosity to strangers. The
dinlng-rooms here face the street, and they are
as open as though no wall separated them from
IL. The Office counter and the writing table or
writing room are at the end Of the dining room.
and eating, writing and business go on inside Of
the same walls, This room, however, is a large
square one and there is no confusion The din
ing tables are of all Sizes so that one can dine
alone or party OF a dozen or more can eat
their d'hote together. AS 10 decoration the
brightest of colors are used IN the interior paint
ing OF the hotel, and in some rooms frescos ure-
vail. Red and slIy-blue are seen everywhere
and the floors OF the chambers and halls
are pared in marble and red tile. /
write this letter in my bedroom. There
Is no plaster on N ceilings Of these hotels and
the great raftelr above me are as blue as the
bluest sky. The windows are almost as large MS
the side Of the room and they are kept omen dav
and night The bed is Of iron, ard Che mattress
was never made of feathers. A framework ey-
tends on every Cuban bed, and we sleep in cages
of coarse lace like that used for curtains at
home. Most of the Cuban beds have no mat
tresses. The sheets are stretched on wire
springs and Gen. Brice told me had great trou-
bic because the sheet which was not bigger
than napkin, would work out from under him
and leave his bare legs upon the naked wire